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Top Films from Selected Art Directors

Richard Day

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 On the Waterfront 1954 Elia Kazan 64
2 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 Elia Kazan 196
3 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 John Ford 209
4 Greed 1924 Erich von Stroheim 321
5 The Ox-Bow Incident 1942 William A. Wellman 539
6 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 George Seaton 544
7 How Green Was My Valley 1941 John Ford 708
8 Force of Evil 1948 Abraham Polonsky 850
9 Young Mr. Lincoln 1939 John Ford 975
10 Dodsworth 1936 William Wyler 1212
11 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1528
12 Stella Dallas 1937 King Vidor 1913
13 Dead End 1937 William Wyler 2470
14 The Mark of Zorro 1940 Rouben Mamoulian 2763

Hans Dreier

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Sunset Blvd. 1950 Billy Wilder 25
2 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 42
3 Duck Soup 1933 Leo McCarey 85
4 The Lady Eve 1941 Preston Sturges 193
5 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Preston Sturges 252
6 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 381
7 The Lost Weekend 1945 Billy Wilder 691
8 A Place in the Sun 1951 George Stevens 786
9 The Palm Beach Story 1942 Preston Sturges 803
10 Love Me Tonight 1932 Rouben Mamoulian 845
11 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1943 Preston Sturges 884
12 The Scarlet Empress 1934 Josef von Sternberg 913
13 Make Way for Tomorrow 1937 Leo McCarey 949
14 It's a Gift 1934 Norman Z. McLeod 1068
15 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931 Rouben Mamoulian 1134
16 Wings 1927 William A. Wellman 1283
17 Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 Preston Sturges 1497
18 Island of Lost Souls 1932 Erle C. Kenton 1638
19 Ruggles of Red Gap 1935 Leo McCarey 1651
20 Shanghai Express 1932 Josef von Sternberg 1741
21 Midnight 1939 Mitchell Leisen 1832
22 Going My Way 1944 Leo McCarey 1876
23 The Last Command 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2036
24 Road to Morocco 1942 David Butler 2208
25 The Docks of New York 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2225
26 One Hour with You 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 2399
27 Holiday Inn 1942 Mark Sandrich 2401
28 Design for Living 1933 Ernst Lubitsch 2451
29 The Great McGinty 1940 Preston Sturges 2462
30 The Love Parade 1929 Ernst Lubitsch 2637
31 Ministry of Fear 1944 Fritz Lang 2653

Cedric Gibbons

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Singin' in the Rain 1952 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 7
2 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 15
3 The Philadelphia Story 1940 George Cukor 131
4 Freaks 1932 Tod Browning 235
5 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Vincente Minnelli 283
6 Greed 1924 Erich von Stroheim 321
7 A Night at the Opera 1935 Sam Wood 340
8 The Shop around the Corner 1940 Ernst Lubitsch 345
9 Forbidden Planet 1956 Fred M. Wilcox 351
10 An American in Paris 1951 Vincente Minnelli 391
11 Ninotchka 1939 Ernst Lubitsch 401
12 The Asphalt Jungle 1950 John Huston 562
13 The Thin Man 1934 W.S. Van Dyke 568
14 Adam's Rib 1949 George Cukor 574
15 The Band Wagon 1953 Vincente Minnelli 585
16 On the Town 1949 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 706
17 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 John Sturges 710
18 The Naked Spur 1953 Anthony Mann 867
19 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 Tay Garnett 954
20 National Velvet 1944 Clarence Brown 1019
21 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 Frank Lloyd 1074
22 The Big Parade 1925 King Vidor 1076
23 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 1169
24 Grand Hotel 1932 Edmund Goulding 1274
25 The Bad and the Beautiful 1952 Vincente Minnelli 1292
26 The Women 1939 George Cukor 1294
27 Gaslight 1944 George Cukor 1380
28 Fury 1936 Fritz Lang 1385
29 Easter Parade 1948 Charles Walters 1472
30 Mrs. Miniver 1942 William Wyler 1496
31 Blackboard Jungle 1955 Richard Brooks 1623
32 High Society 1956 Charles Walters 1795
33 Woman of the Year 1942 George Stevens 1858
34 They Were Expendable 1945 John Ford 1911
35 Hallelujah! 1929 King Vidor 1930
36 Camille 1936 George Cukor 2006
37 Cabin in the Sky 1943 Vincente Minnelli 2013
38 The Merry Widow 1934 Ernst Lubitsch 2030
39 Kiss Me Kate 1953 George Sidney 2047
40 Captains Courageous 1937 Victor Fleming 2092
41 Battleground 1949 William A. Wellman 2137
42 Lust for Life 1956 Vincente Minnelli 2182
43 David Copperfield 1935 George Cukor 2568
44 It's Always Fair Weather 1955 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 2579
45 The Broadway Melody 1929 Harry Beaumont 2590
46 Pat and Mike 1952 George Cukor 2646
47 Anchors Aweigh 1945 George Sidney 2670
48 A Day at the Races 1937 Sam Wood 2681
49 The Good Earth 1937 Sidney Franklin 2689
50 The Harvey Girls 1946 George Sidney 2691
51 Father of the Bride 1950 Vincente Minnelli 2715

Hal Pereira

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 13
2 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 34
3 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 42
4 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 John Ford 178
5 Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler 213
6 Shane 1953 George Stevens 341
7 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 Blake Edwards 359
8 Ace in the Hole 1951 Billy Wilder 423
9 The Ten Commandments 1956 Cecil B. DeMille 493
10 Stalag 17 1953 Billy Wilder 633
11 The Odd Couple 1968 Gene Saks 798
12 The War of the Worlds 1953 Byron Haskin 871
13 Funny Face 1957 Stanley Donen 899
14 Hud 1963 Martin Ritt 911
15 The Court Jester 1955 Melvin Frank and Norman Panama 1115
16 The Nutty Professor 1963 Jerry Lewis 1269
17 One-Eyed Jacks 1961 Marlon Brando 1319
18 Sabrina 1954 Billy Wilder 1394
19 The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 1463
20 To Catch a Thief 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 1756
21 White Christmas 1954 Michael Curtiz 1873
22 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 John Sturges 2026
23 El Dorado 1967 Howard Hawks 2172
24 When Worlds Collide 1951 Rudolph Maté 2254
25 The Trouble with Harry 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 2578
26 Ministry of Fear 1944 Fritz Lang 2653
27 Will Penny 1967 Tom Gries 2794

Lyle R. Wheeler

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Gone with the Wind 1939 Victor Fleming 32
2 All about Eve 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 56
3 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 Robert Wise 245
4 Laura 1944 Otto Preminger 279
5 Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 299
6 My Darling Clementine 1946 John Ford 363
7 Pickup on South Street 1953 Samuel Fuller 542
8 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Howard Hawks 595
9 An Affair to Remember 1957 Leo McCarey 794
10 The King and I 1956 Walter Lang 997
11 The Gunfighter 1950 Henry King 1104
12 Twelve O'Clock High 1949 Henry King 1185
13 Bigger than Life 1956 Nicholas Ray 1282
14 The Seven Year Itch 1955 Billy Wilder 1425
15 Leave Her to Heaven 1945 John M. Stahl 1448
16 The Fly 1958 Kurt Neumann 1482
17 Kiss of Death 1947 Henry Hathaway 1555
18 The Girl Can't Help It 1956 Frank Tashlin 1812
19 The Robe 1953 Henry Koster 2065
20 Unfaithfully Yours 1948 Preston Sturges 2084
21 Nightmare Alley 1947 Edmund Goulding 2139
22 South Pacific 1958 Joshua Logan 2143
23 Gentleman's Agreement 1947 Elia Kazan 2150
24 Broken Arrow 1950 Delmer Daves 2475
25 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945 Elia Kazan 2517
26 A Letter to Three Wives 1949 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 2558
27 Carousel 1956 Henry King 2651
28 Wild River 1960 Elia Kazan 2696
29 How to Marry a Millionaire 1953 Jean Negulesco 2716
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